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Review of This Is My Life (1992)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 08 Jan 2007

Poorly executed, Nora Ephron's feature debut as director is like a TV sit-com, defying realism and logic…

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Review of Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 08 Jan 2007

The Tarantino Effect at its worst: Yet another movie about a relentlessly violent gang, reportedly based on a bet the director made with Tarantino…

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Review of 10 (1979)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 08 Jan 2007

This passable but not great Blake Edwards picture became known for the huge impact that the beautiful Bo Derek had on hairstyle; Bo's stardom…

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Review of Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern (1995)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 08 Jan 2007

A deeply personal docu about the loss of a farm, the film premiered at Sudance Film Festival where it won major awards…

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Review of Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 08 Jan 2007

This socially conscious Western represents a major comeback for blacklisted writer-director Polonsky, who identifies with the film's message…

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Review of Throne of Blood (1957)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 04 Jan 2007

Transplanted to medieval Japan, Kurosawa's brutal film is one of the best Shakesperean adaptations on screen, with a tour de force performance…

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Review of They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 04 Jan 2007

Sydney Pollack's screen version of the powerful Depression-era dance marathon is extremely well acted, particularly by Jane Fonda as the suicidal…

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Review of Training Day (2010)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 04 Jan 2007

Cast against type as a corrupt cop, Denzel Washington, usually seen in noble and heroic roles, is nothing short of brilliant; with some luck,…

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Review of Training Day (2001)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 04 Jan 2007

Cast against type as a corrupt cop, Denzel Washington, usually seen in noble and heroic roles, is nothing short of brilliant; with some luck,…

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Review of God Grew Tired of Us (2006)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 03 Jan 2007

This docu avoids so many pitfalls that you have to admire the subjects' courage and directors' approach: It's emotional without being sentimental…

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Review of Faithful (1910)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 02 Jan 2007

What a waste of directing and acting talent; Cher's Oscar for Moonstruck may prove to be a fluke if she continues to make such bad pictures…

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Review of Faithful (1996)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 02 Jan 2007

What a waste of directing and acting talent; Cher's Oscar for Moonstruck may prove to be a fluke if she continues to make such bad pictures…

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Review of The Trip to Bountiful (1985)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 31 Dec 2006

In this small, sharply observed tale from Horton Foote, the great Geraldine Page plays an elderly widow, who longs to go back to her idyllic…

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Review of The Dead Girl (2006)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 29 Dec 2006

Moncrieff deserves kudos for making a femme-driven film, but it doesn't really enagage us emotionally in the tragic tale of a dead hooker and…

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Review of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 28 Dec 2006

One of the strangest and wildest cult flicks to be ever financed by a major studio (Fox), this sequel has not aged well but it serves as a…

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Review of The Fisher King (1991)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 28 Dec 2006

As original as Gilliam is as a filmmaker, he too falls victims to Hollywood cliches as far as the portrait of the homeless is concerned (here…

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Review of My Family (1986)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 27 Dec 2006

Too sprawling and disappointingly sentimental, this family saga is nonetheless Gregory Nava's breakthrough feature, made on a larger canvas…

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Review of Monument Ave. (1998)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 27 Dec 2006

Though very much in the vein of Scorsese's masterpiece Mean Streets, Ted Demme's bleak and downbeat tale has its distinctive merits, not least…

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Review of Entropy (1999)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 27 Dec 2006

Joanou's work has always suffered from excessive style and pretention, and this movie, though more personal than his studio pictures, is no exception…

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Review of Miller's Crossing (1990)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 27 Dec 2006

Loosley based on Hammett's novel and Chicago's Capone-O'Bannion gang war, the film is more impressive visually than thematically, though new…

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